Acaricides for controlling ticks on cattle and the problem of acaricide resistance

Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 408-423

  George, J E ^a   Pound, J M ^a   Davey, R B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511551802.019     Document Type: Chapter

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